Word: brilliants
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...corresponding increase in fellowships and scholarships granted by the University is to some extent an extenuating circumstance. It arranges matters so that the brilliant student at least is exempt from the common blight. It does not, however, reach the large number of men who plan to put themselves through college and who will be unable to devote their full time and energy to their scholastic work. These men cannot keep their grades up to the high standard necessary to obtain financial recognition from the University, because much of their time is occupied in earning enough money to keep them...
Coach Clark has made another change in his line-up since the disastrous contest with the 110th Cavalry team last Saturday. Owing to his brilliant showing as a substitute in last week's encounter R. A. Pinkerton '27 has won a regular berth on the first team. Pinkerton's play in the Caverly game was one of the few things that served to buoy Crimson hopes last Saturday. He will replace F. D. Stranahan Jr. '26 at number one in the University line-up. Stranahan will accompany the team as a substitute. W. H. White '28 will remain at number...
Whenever a great social function takes place, such as a brilliant feast, or some other prandial entertainment, the French are involuntarily reminded of the State banquet given by President Faure to the Tsar of All the Russias in 1896-a costly repast reminiscent of the Roi Soleil at the height of his glory...
...people they have brought thither, wait to remove, are not even sports; they are music-lovers who give small tips, cold-eyed elegants in evening dress, or critics that ponder, as they read the meter, such terms as "a good performance, well sung," "gala night," "once more with a brilliant cast . . ." wishing to Heaven they could find a new phrase or change for a quarter. At regular intervals, the cabdrivers hear, from within, a prolonged rattling murmur which means that an act has ended and the nonsports are giving an imitation of enthusiasm. On a certain cold night last week...
...bitten taxi-men and drove home, were replacing their familiar bromides with other phrases: "A scene quite without precedent" (The New York Times) ; "A relatively obscure singer who walked away with the chief honors" (The New York Herald-Tribune) ; "An eager young man, who made music history when the brilliant audience lost control" (The New York World...